Michigan Compiled Laws
116-1954-XXVIII-VOTING-MACHINES - Voting Machines (168.770...168.799a)
Section 168.798b - Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Unofficial and Official Returns; Manual Count.

Sec. 798b.
Before the conduct of the official count, the clerk may conduct an unofficial count in order to provide early unofficial returns to the public. Upon completion of the count, the official returns shall be open to the public. The return of the electronic tabulating equipment, to which have been added the write-in and absentee votes if necessary, shall constitute, after being duly certified, the official return of each precinct or election district. If it becomes impracticable to count all or a part of the ballots with tabulating equipment, the clerk may direct that they be counted manually, following as far as practicable the provisions governing the counting of paper ballots.
History: Add. 1967, Act 155, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1967 ;-- Am. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990 Popular Name: Election Code

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Michigan Compiled Laws

Chapter 168 - Michigan Election Law

Act 116 of 1954 - Michigan Election Law (168.1 - 168.992)

116-1954-XXVIII - Chapter XXVIII Holding of Elections (168.641...168.799a)

116-1954-XXVIII-VOTING-MACHINES - Voting Machines (168.770...168.799a)

Section 168.770 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.770a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.771 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.771a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.772 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.773 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.774 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.775 - Repealed. 2017, Act 113, Eff. Oct. 25, 2017.

Section 168.776 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.777 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.778 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.779 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.780 - Repealed. 1955, Act 271, Imd. Eff. June 30, 1955;—1955, Act 283, Imd. Eff. July 19, 1955.

Section 168.781 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.782 - Repealed. 1966, Act 62, Imd. Eff. June 9, 1966.

Section 168.782a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.782b - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.783 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.784 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.785 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.786 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.787 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.788 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.789 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.790 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.791 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.791a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.792 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.792a - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.792b - Repealed. 1983, Act 181, Imd. Eff. Oct. 25, 1983.

Section 168.793 - Repealed. 2018, Act 123, Eff. Dec. 31, 2018.

Section 168.794 - Definitions Used in MCL 168.794 to 168.799a.

Section 168.794a - Electronic Voting System; Authorization; Acquisition; Abandonment; Use; Accuracy Test; Applicability of Subsections (1) and (2).

Section 168.794b - Electronic Voting System; Manner of Payment.

Section 168.794c - Applicability and Construction of Provisions; Rules.

Section 168.795 - Electronic Voting System; Requirements; Method for Rendering Electronic Tabulating Equipment Inoperable; Equipping Each Polling Place With Accessible Voting Device.

Section 168.795a - Electronic Voting System; Approval by Board of State Canvassers; Conditions; Approval of Improvement or Change; Inapplicability of Subsection (1); Intent to Purchase Statement; Instruction in Operation and Use; Disapproval.

Section 168.795b - Printing or Displaying Ballot Labels, Questions, Office Titles, and Names of Candidates; Columns, Pages, and Directional Signs; Ballot Stub.

Section 168.795c - Indicating Different Parts of Ballot on Ballot Label; Placement of Parts; 2 or More Elections on Same Day; Partisan Elections; Straight Party Ticket Vote Prohibited; Appropriation.

Section 168.796 - Sample Ballots.

Section 168.796a - Electronic Voting System; Preparation for Election; Equipment and Supplies; Voting Stations.

Section 168.796b - Repealed. 1990, Act 109, Imd. Eff. June 18, 1990.

Section 168.797 - Inspectors of Election; Duties; Certification of Equipment Operation.

Section 168.797a - Instruction in Method of Voting on Electronic Voting System; Use of Ballot Processed Through Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Procedure; Detached Stub; Spoiled Ballot; Processing of Challenged Voter Ballot; Removal of Ballot.

Section 168.797b - Rules.

Section 168.797c - Computer Program; Disposition and Use of Source Code.

Section 168.798 - Testing of Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Notice; Method; Sealing Programs, Test Materials, and Ballots; Rules; Sealing Memory Device.

Section 168.798a - Separate Counting Center; Direction and Conduct of Proceedings; Method.

Section 168.798b - Electronic Tabulating Equipment; Unofficial and Official Returns; Manual Count.

Section 168.798c - Casting Absentee Votes on Paper Ballots or Ballot Cards; Count; Recording; Voting and Processing Absent Voters' Ballots; Inspection of Rejected Ballot.

Section 168.799 - Injuring, Altering, or Defacing Voting Device, Ballot, or Other Equipment; Interference With Correct Operation of Equipment; Enforcement; Examination.

Section 168.799a - Recounting Punched, Marked, or Stamped Ballot; Procedure; Stray Marks; Releasing Sealed Materials.